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From: Alfred Hilscher <Alfred.Hilscher@icn.siemens.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: unconstrainted arrays
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 17:18:52 +0200
Organization: Siemens AG
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Date: 2001-10-17T17:18:52+02:00
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Hi,

I know that I can define unconstrainted array where the actual
constraints are given later:

type My_Array is array (<>) of Integer;

A1 : My_Array (1..10);



Moreover I know a way to use this with structure:

type s (len : integer) is record
            X,Y : Integer;
            A : My_Array (1..Len);
     end record;

PTs : s (10);


But this would add one extra component to the record (Len). Is there a
way to avoid this extra component ? Maybe a pragma or rep-specs ? Its
encapsulated within a package body for HW handling where the extra
component is unwanted.

Thanks.